River Ray   33-V
VERTEBRATA
Batoidea
 
 
Ocellated River Ray (Potamotrygon motoro)



Chapter Outline
  1. Description of Vertebrata
  2. Classification of Vertebrata
  3. Petromyzontiformes
  4. Chondrichthyes
  5. Batoidea
  6. Chimaeriformes

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Batoidea is the superorder that contains the rays. It contains four orders.

MYLIOBATIFORMES  

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  • FAMILY MYLIOBATIDAE
    • Pelagic Manta Ray (Manta birostris)
    • Cow-Nosed Ray (Rhinoptera bonasus) - NCBI
  • SUPERFAMILY DASYATOIDEA
    • FAMILY DASYATIDAE - STINGRAYS
      • Southern Stingray (Dasyatis americana) - Omaha Zoo
    • FAMILY POTAMOTRYGONIDAE - RIVER STINGRAYS
      • (Potamotrygon spp.) - (South America)
    • FAMILY UROTRYGONIDAE - AMERICAN ROUND STINGRAYS
      • Yellow Stingray (Urobatis jamaicensis) - (Florida Keys)
  • SUPERFAMILY UROLOPHOIDEA
    • FAMILY GYMNURIDAE - BUTTERFLY RAYS
      • Smooth Butterfly Ray (Gymnura micura)
    • FAMILY HEXATRYGONIDAE
      • Sixgill Stingray (Hexatrygon bickelli)
    • FAMILY PLESIOBATIDAE
      • Deepwater Stingray (Plesiobatis daviesi) - only species in family (Indo-Pacific)
    • FAMILY UROLOPHIDAE - ROUND STINGRAYS
      • (Trygonoptera spp.)
      • (Urolophus spp.)
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PRISTIFORMES/RHINIFORMES GROUP  

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FAMILY PRISTIDAE - SAWFISHES

  • Smalltooth Sawfish (Pristis pectinata) - (Southwestern Florida)
FAMILY RHINIDAE
  • Bowmouth Guitarfish/Shark Ray (Rhina ancylostoma) - (Indo-Pacific)
FAMILY RHINOBATIDAE
  • Guitarfishes (Rhinobatos spp.) - (Florida, California), NOAH
FAMILY RHYNCHOBATIDAE
  • Wedgefishes (Rhynchobatus spp.) - (Indo-Pacific)
FAMILY ZANOBATIDAE
  • Striped Panray (Zanobatus schoenleinii) - only species in family (Equatorial West Africa)
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RAJIFORMES - SKATES  

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FAMILY ANACANTHOBATIDAE - LEG SKATES

  • Borneo Leg Skate (Anacanthobatis borneensis)
  • Western Australian Legskate (Sinobatis bulbicauda)
FAMILY ARHYNCHOBATIDAE - SOFTNOSE SKATES
  • (Bathyraja spp.)
FAMILY RAJIDAE - HARDNOSE SKATES
  • Clearnose Skate (Raja eglanteria) - (U.S. Atlantic)
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TORPEDINIFORMES  

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FAMILY HYPNIDAE - COFFIN RAYS

  • Numbfish (Hypnos monopterygium) - only species in family (Australia), NCBI
FAMILY NARCINIDAE - NUMBFISHES
  • Lesser Electric Ray (Narcine brasiliensis) - (Florida), NOAH
FAMILY NARKIDAE - SLEEPER RAYS
  • (Narke spp.) - NCBI
  • Blind Electric Ray (Typhlonarke aysoni) - EOL
FAMILY TORPEDINIDAE - ELECTRIC RAYS
  • Pacific Electric Ray (Torpedo californica) - (Monterey Bay)
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